CHAPTER VIII 



SIR RICHARD SUTTON 



1847-1856 



TRUE indeed is the saying that "when one door 

 shuts another opens." The Quorn men were in 

 mourning for Mr. Greene, the like of whom many of 

 them thought that they would never see again, and the 

 majority were quite unprepared for the good fortune 

 which was in store for them. Sir Richard Sutton, an 

 excellent all-round sportsman and a man of great wealth, 

 had for five years hunted the adjoining Cottesmore 

 country, having taken it after the venerable Earl of 

 Lonsdale ; and, on the resignation of Mr. Greene, 

 thinking that he would prefer the Quorn country, 

 signified his willingness to fill the position previously 

 occupied by Mr. Greene. Needless to say the offer 

 was accepted with alacrity, and at the close of the season 

 1846-47, Sir Richard transferred his establishment to 

 Quorn. 



Here at least was no scratch pack, such as had, 

 with very few exceptions, hunted the Quorn country 

 since Lord Foley's time (1807). The foundation of Sir 

 Richard Sutton's pack had been laid many years before. 

 He succeeded Mr. Assheton Smith in the Burton country 

 in 1824, buying from him very many of his hounds, and, by 

 careful and judicious breeding, raised the pack to a hioh 

 standard, for his interest in his kennel was very oreat, 



